phones

- remote host phone number database

Synopsis

/etc/phones

Description

The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers for the tip(1) program. /etc/phones
is normally unreadable, and so may contain privileged information. The format of
/etc/phones is a series of lines of the form:

<system-name>[ \t]*<phone-number>.

The system name is one of those defined in the remote(4) file and
the phone number is constructed from [0123456789-=*%]. The `=' and `*' characters are
indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a
second dial tone (when going through an exchange). The `=' is required by
the DF02-AC and the `*' is required by the BIZCOMP 1030.

Comment lines are lines containing a `#' sign in the first column of
the line.

Only one phone number per line is permitted. However, if more than one
line in the file contains the same system name tip(1) will attempt
to dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.